Mumbai Mumbai. World champion D Gukesh played a draw with top-seeded American Fabiano Caruana in the third round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament on Monday. In this way Gukesh reached 2 points out of a possible three in the first major tournament of the year. Playing with white pieces , It was a rare game for Gukesh as he decided not to take any risks. The queen pawn began with the Ragozin Defense and Caruana acted as the position desired to expand his king side pieces.
On any other day, Gukesh would have played at full strength, but here the Indian very quickly decided that it was probably not possible to fight for the advantage. This was the first game to end in the Masters section and it lasted only 24 moves because of the repetition of moves. A draw was agreed on the basis of. After the result, both Gukesh and Caruana are on two points and it remains to be seen who among the rest can overtake them. India's R. Praggnanandhaa was seen performing better against compatriot Arjun Erigaysi and if he wins, he will likely be the sole leader in the super tournament.
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